Improvement in paint-cans



PATENT OFFICE.,

JOHN IV. MASURY, OF BROOKLYN, NEV YORK.

IMPROVEMENT IN PAI NT-CANS, 80C.

Specilication forming part of Leiters Patent N0. 24,74 S, dated July 12,1859.

To all whom it may concern,.-

Be it known that I, J oHN W. MAsUEY, of the city of Brooklyn,county ofKings,and State of New York, have invented a new and Improved Can forPutting Up and Hermetically Sea-ling Paints and other Substances; and Ido hereby declare the following to be a. full and exact description ofthe same, reference being had to the accompanying drawing.

The nature of my invention consists in the construction of a tinned orgalvanized iron can of any known form with a rim or ring of thin softmetal attached to the top of the same.

To enable others to make use of my invention, I will proceed to describeits construction, &c. First, however, to a better appreciation of theworth and utility of my invention, IWould suggest that the principalobjection to the use of fruits and other edibles put up in soldered tincans is the difficulty of opening the same without much labor and theconvenience of proper tools. In the use ot' paints put up inhermetically-sealed cans this objection is most formidable. To removethe top from a small can of paint Without injury to the contents thereofis ata-sk very difficult to accomplish. My invention obviates thesedifiiculties and presents a can possessing all the advantages of theordinary can, and in addition thereto the extraordinary advantage ofbeing readily openable by the most inexperienced person. To that end Iconstruct the body of the can and attach the bottom thereto in theordinary way; but for the top of the can, in place of using material ofthe same weight and thickness as for the other parts, I take thin brassor other soft metal and attach arim or ring thereof to the top of thecan, Figure l, letter A, and secure the same by soldering, as in theordinary mode.

For sealing the can after it shall have received its contents, I take adisk of tin, B, and solder it to the rim or ring A, leaving between thesaid disk and the edge of the can sufiicient space to admit the passageof a penknife-blade. The can, Fig. l, is then in all respects like theordinary tin can hermetically sealed, except that the cover of mynewly-invented can may be removed by severing the thin brass rim or ringwith a penknife or other sharp instrument.

That I claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent,is-

The construction of a metallic can for hermetically sealing paints andother substances, having attached thereto a rim or ring of thin brass orother soft metal in such a manner that the top or cover may be removedby severing the said rim or ring of brass or other soft metal with apenknife or other sharp instrument, in the manner and for the purposesherein described and represented, or its equivaient.

JOHN XV.- MASURY.

fitnessesz NV. K. MrLEs, F. L. WETTEN.

